Date:

Event Type:

Event Category:

Professional/Personal Development

Technology/Digital/Web

CEU Hours:

3.0

Cost:

$25 for 2 online sessions, Part One is on Thurs., Mar., 8, 2012 and Part Two is on Thurs., Mar. 15, 2012

Payment:

LibraryLinkNJ is subsidizing the cost for 10 individual members to take this online training from the American Library Association. The price to you is just $25! That’s a 70% discount off the list price of $85.

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Spurred by the launch of the iPad, the use and popularity of tablet computers has exploded. Tablets offer major potential for library services, including the ability to increase productivity and improve your library’s programs in such areas as reference services, collection management, and library instruction. In this two-part ALA TechSource workshop, Virginia Tech librarians Rebecca Miller, Heather Moorefield-Lang, Carolyn Meier will share their experiences with a multifaceted program, guiding you step-by-step in building a tablet program, from choosing and purchasing tablets through deployment.

Topics include:

Comparing platforms and features of tablet computers and other mobile devices

How to select and purchase according to your library’s needs and technology environment

Ways to use tablets to increase staff productivity and enhance professional development

Using tablets to enhance reference and instructional services, collection management, and administrative responsibilities

About the Instructors:

Rebecca K. Miller is the College Librarian for Science, Life Sciences, and Engineering at Virginia Tech, and holds an MLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BA from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Previously she served as the Digital Technologies Librarian at Louisiana State University and has published several articles on the topic of technology and instruction. Currently, she serves on the editorial boards of three journals and holds leadership positions in both national and state level professional organizations.

Carolyn Meier is an Instructional Services librarian and coordinates First Year instruction in Newman Library at Virginia Tech. She received a BA in English from Ohio Dominican College, her MLS from the University of Michigan and has an ED.S in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech. She presently serves as Co-Chair of the LIRT Transition to College committee. Her research interests focus on information literacy, assessment and outreach. Her work interests include new methods for improving instruction and finding new technologies to reach students.

Heather Moorefield-Lang, the Education and Applied Social Sciences Librarian for Virginia Tech, received her MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Doctorate in Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has published several articles on technology in libraries and education, as well as on the topic of arts in education and libraries. She is the chair of the AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee.

Notes

Online Access Information:

After the registration deadline, all registered participants will receive additional confirmation and webinar access information.

Registration Information

Limit:

10

Deadline for Registration is 4 pm, Thursday, February 23, 2012.

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